Upcoming Events
St. Francis of Assisi, Chapin presents "A Kindred Spirit" in concert
The Rev. Phil Purser and St. Francis, Chapin invite you to join them Sunday, September 23, 2007 from 5-7 p.m. for a concert and a family picnic. Bring your blankets, chairs, kids and pets!
Enjoy the music of Kindred Spirit, St. Francis' own worship and praise band. Admission is free, so bring the whole family, relax and enjoy the music, hamburgers and hot dogs, fun, fellowship and hospitality of the St. Francis of Assisi community.
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact St. Francis, 735 Old Lexington Hwy, Chapin, SC 29036, 803.345.1550 or via email at stfrchapin@sc.rr.com. Download a flyer to advertise this concert in your parish here.
York Place dedication ceremony set for Friday, October 12
The York Place board of trustees, children and staff invite you to celebrate with us as The Rt. Rev. Dorsey F. Henderson, Jr. and The Rt. Rev. Edward L. Salmon, Jr. join with clergy and friends to dedicate and consecrate the Henry and Eleanora Richardson Treatment and Evaluation Center, Sarah Tatum Smith Dining and Assembly Hall, and Betsy's Park Friday, October 12, 2007 beginning at 9:30 a.m. Download the invitation for schedule information and to distribute in congregations here.
Please RSVP to Carolynn Smarr at 803.684.4011, ext. 1013 or via e-mail by October 2, 2007.
Continuing Education & Training Day coming up
The next Continuing Ed Training Day will be October 13, 2007.
Locations:
• St. Martin's-in-the-Field, Columbia
• Church of the Advent, Spartanburg
The following courses will be offered, but must have at least 6 participants per workshop. Workshops may be cancelled because of low registrations.
• Worship Leader Basic
• Worship Leader Continuing Education
• Eucharistic Visitor Basic
• Eucharistic visitor Continuing Education
• Safe Church Training
• Race Relations, St. Martin's-in-the-Fields ONLY
Please click here to download the registration form. Click
here to see who needs Safe Church training. Contact
Roslyn Hook
(803.771.7800, ext. 20) with any questions.
St. James Center announces 2007-2008 schedule
The St. James Center at St. James, Greenville, has announced its 2007-2008 series of programs and retreats, beginning with a women's retreat led by Chelsea Wakefield, November 2 & 3, on the spirituality of Hildegard of Bingen. The entire schedule of events, with more information, is available here.
If you are interested in any of the programs, please access a registration form via the St. James Web site (http://stjamesspiritualitycenter.org).
The St. James Center provides opportunities for growth and transformation for those on the spiritual journey.
Holy Trinity, Clemson, to present "Who Are We? Anglican Identity in the 21st Century," November 2 & 3
Save the dates—November 2 and 3—for "Who Are We? Anglican
Identity in the 21st Century," presented by Holy Trinity, Clemson,
and led by the Rev. Tom Davis. The program will explore where we are
now, and the main thrusts of Anglicanism over the past several
centuries. Preceding the program on Friday will be a "Henry VIII
Dinner," God willing. Lectures Friday evening and Saturday morning
and afternoon are at Holy Trinity, 864.6545071. More information and
registration materials will be available soon.
Episcopal Cursillo Leaders Workshop Planned November 2-4, 2007 at Christ Church, Greenville
All Cursillistas are invited to participate in an Episcopal Cursillo Leaders Workshop, commonly known as an ECLW. The event will take place at Christ Church Greenville November 2-4, 2007. In order to participate, one must have attended a Cursillo at any time and, in any diocese.
One of the most important keys to growing future leaders is the ECLW. Now more than twenty years old, this program offers Cursillo communities an opportunity to reflect on what they do. We come together to celebrate our strengths, identify our challenges, and work to improve what we are already doing so well.
The ECLW is intended for any Cursillista who is called to work in Cursillo as a mission field. Dioceses are encouraged to identify future as well as current leaders and to send them to an ECLW even if it means helping to finance their participation. Investing in the work of growing leaders is the best investment a diocesan Cursillo community can make in its own future. For surely, when we do that we invest also in growth of the Kingdom.
A registration packet can be downloaded from our diocesan Web site.
At the Convent of St. Helena in Augusta
"From Surviving to Thriving"—A Retreat workshop, October 20
"From Surviving to Thriving: The Journey of Healing for Women
Survivors of Cancer" will be presented on Saturday, October 20, from
9 a.m. till 5 p.m. The keynote speaker is Jacqueline Fincher. The
retreat also features
small groups, healing service with the Rev Harriette Simmons, and
more.
Click
here for additional information. You may also
contact the convent:
706.798.5201, ext 1, or e-mail
augustaconvent@comcast.net.
A weekend for OSH associates and those who may wish to become associates, November 9-11
The weekend, led by Harriet Speer, begins on Friday, November 9, with Vespers at 5 p.m. and concludes following Sunday lunch on November 11. Led by OSH associate Harriet Speer.
Associates Weekend is a joyful reunion of friends and a gathering of new friends. Enjoy a relaxing visit with the Sisters and other OSH Associates, learn about our Associates program, and treat yourself to our great friend, Harriet Speer, and her presentation! Harriet Speer is an Augusta, Georgia, native who now resides in Savannah, where she is a librarian at the Savannah College of Art and Design.
$160 program, lodging, meals; $80 commuters. For more information, please contact the convent: 706.798.5201, ext 1, or e-mail augustaconvent@comcast.net.
Click here to see more offerings from St. Helena.
Fall Lay School of Religion to kick off at Columbia's Lutheran Seminary in October
Tuesday evenings, October 9, 16, 23, 30; Choose ONE class to
attend for four weeks
The Church According to Mark, Dr. Brent Driggers, Associate
Professor of New Testament
Leadership Needs in the Church, President Marcus Miller and
South Carolina Synod Bishop David Donges
The Confident Christian, The Rev. Dr. Gary Harbaugh, Visiting
Professor for Personalities in Congregations
For registration/information:
sandrah@ltss.edu or 803.461.3263
SC Christian Action Council update
South Carolina Responds to Genocide
Rally to be held October 6, 2007 from 2-5 p.m. Please note the change of date from September 16.
The people of the Darfur region of western Sudan are victims of a ruthless genocide. This genocide began in early 2003 when armed opposition groups emerged in the Darfur region of western Sudan in response to economic, political and social marginalization of the African population of Darfur. Rather than combating these rebel military forces, the Sudanese government chose to attack innocent women and children in a scorched earth campaign. The suffering and destruction continue.
During September, discussion groups, study groups, faith and religious studies, civic clubs, etc. are encouraged to have DARFUR as a lesson or topic. For resources:
www.dagsc.org. This site offers access and links to a variety of videos, reading materials, appropriate sacred texts, and worship materials. Please note: some of the images are quite graphic and may be disturbing to younger teens and children.
Thank you for supporting the suffering people of Darfur.
Click here
to download a flyer for your congregations!
Lectures, symposium at the University of South Carolina, October 17-18
Philip Jenkins and others to address hatred, prejudice, intolerance, and religion
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Philip Jenkins, Distinguished Professor of History and Religious
Studies, Pennsylvania State University, will deliver this year's
Joseph Cardinal Bernardin lecture, "God's Continent: Christianity,
Islam, and Europe's Religious Crisis," on October 17 at 7:30 p.m. in
the Law School Auditorium on the USC Columbia campus.
On October 18, from 1:30 to 2:45 p.m. in the Law School Auditorium, there will
be a symposium entitled
"Secularism, Immigration, and Europe's Religious Crisis,"
moderated by
Charles Bierbauer.
Philip Jenkins will be joined by Jocelyne Cesari, Harvard University,
an expert on Islam in Europe,
and by Paula Hyman, who will be the guest speaker for the Solomon-Tenenbaum
Annual Lectureship in Jewish Studies to be delivered at 8 p.m. that
evening in Drayton Hall Auditorium.
Jenkins is a scholar who has written extensively on the
transformations that Christianity is undergoing as its center moves
from Europe and North America to the Southern hemisphere. Hyman is
the Lucy Moses Professor of Modern Jewish History at Yale University
and president of the American Academy of Jewish Research. Her
research interests include topics in modern European and American
Jewish history, with a special emphasis on the history of women and
gender.